A Democratic lawmaker says Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) offended the entire Congressional Black Caucus by delivering Chick-fil-A chicken and biscuits to their weekly meeting -- and then walking out -- when it was his turn to provide the group with a formal lunch.

Rep. Alcee Hastings (D-Fla.) told The Huffington Post that the incident happened about six months ago but is now fresh in his mind given West's recent comments in support of the fast food chain, which is run by a well-known Christian and backer of anti-gay religious organizations. Chick-fil-A president Dan Cathy last week sparked a nationwide response from gay rights activists after publicly denouncing marriage equality.

"We have a rotation in the Congressional Black Caucus where every member provides the lunch one of the weeks when we meet," Hastings said in a Monday interview. The lunches, he said, are often quite delicious.

... "He did it deliberately," Hastings said, explaining that he saw West's message as, "You know, 'That's what I think of you all.'"

29. Can they kick him out for doing that?

30. 6 months ago. Read the article

It was 6 months ago. Before any of the shitstorm that is flying now. How can you suddenly be offended by something that happened 6 months prior to facts coming out? I hate Allen West as much as the next guy, but this is NOT the way to attack him. I didn't know CFA's stance until a couple weeks ago. What's to say West didn't either.

33. It seems like "Conservative" means nothing more than "dickhead" nowadays.

I remember when Republicans had their own ideas about things. In the last twenty years or so, they seem to have just become the Asshole Party, reflexively taking whatever position seems likely to make Democrats/liberals angry. There's no coherent political philosophy there-- just a dickish need to provoke and insult.

34. I have heard he will be easily re-elected

36. He has one of those districts.

The ones where it's effectively a one-party race.

For that matter, until the last few months, it was thought that Eric Cantor also had one of those districts...but now there's a fair chance Cantor may lose...and that's more of a chance than any previous challenger to Cantor has had and more of a chance than any challenger his GOP predecessor ever faced had.

Lesson: If you're a big enough dickhead, you can even lose a district gerrymandered to favor your party by a 20% margin.

37. No, many of us have been aware and offended by CfA for months or years.

It's just that the rest of y'all finally caught up. For that matter, this Congressional Black Caucus incident offense in a very real sense has nothing to do with the current scandal. Let's take CfA out of it.

Allen West sent the CBC fried chicken sandwiches and biscuits when it was his turn to provide lunch. Clearly, watermelons were out of season. He then left the meeting he was supposed to provide "a nice lunch" for with a smug grin on his asshole face...and hasn't come to another CBC meeting since.

If you need it clearer...Allen West is a smug racist and a smug asshole.